March 28, 1981 (Saturday)
- Phil Mahre became the first American to ever win the world championship in skiing.
- Garuda Indonesia Flight 206 was hijacked and flown from Indonesia to Thailand.
- Born: Gareth David-Lloyd, Welsh TV actor (Ianto Jones on Torchwood), in Bettws, Newport
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Famous quotes containing the word march:
“Our Germany’s dead. However hard this may be for some of us older people, it’s a blessing for our children. Our children grew up against new backgrounds, new horizons. And they are free. Free to grow up as children. Free to run and to laugh without being forced into uniforms. Without being forced to march up and down streets, singing battle songs.”
—Emeric Pressburger (1902–1988)